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What is it that, once lost, you can never get back? In a world where humanity has lost the ability to dream, one creature remains entranced by the fading illusions of the dreamworld. This monster, adrift in reverie, clings to visions no one else can see, until a woman appears. Gifted with the rare power to perceive these illusions for what they truly are, she chooses to enter the monster ’ s drea...

Global Justice Now Youth present First Reformed: This thriller follows Reverend Ernst Toller’s journey with grief, faith and discovery as he investigates the global environmental crisis. In counselling a radical environmentalist and his wife, Toller’s belief system is challenged as he questions his purpose in a world with a potentially disastrous future due to climate change. First Reformed is hig...

Oh Hi Greg! This April we're super excited that our best friend Greg Sestero is back in Manchester to bring the greatest piece of cult cinema ever aka THE ROOM to our big screen! We will of course be screening The Room in full; before the screening Greg will be with us for a Q&A on his experience working with the maestro Tommy Wiseau plus other onstage fun, and then after the film Greg will ...

Presented by Bigger Than Life with pre-recorded introduction from director Atom Egoyan, and in-person introduction from Jason Wood (British Film Institute). A lush psychodrama from visionary Canadian director Atom Egoyan, Exotica is one of the defining films of nineties independent cinema. Set against the backdrop of the titular exotic dance club and the illicit trade of endangered animals, this ...

After receiving a frantic phone call from his ex-girlfriend, teenage loner Brendan Frye (Joseph Gordon-Levitt) learns that her dead body has been found. Vowing to solve her murder himself, he must infiltrate high-school cliques that he previously avoided. His search for the truth places him before some of the school's roughest characters, leading to a confrontation with a drug dealer known as the ...

Interference Films proudly presents the iconic 80's action horror MANIAC COP!! Maniac Cop was the stuff of video store legend, featuring an all-star cast that includes Tom Atkins, a fresh faced Bruce Campbell and Laurene Landon to name but a few. As an unknown killer stalks the streets of 80's New York, the only clue to the killers identity is the fact he wear a police uniform...it is up to Fran...

THE WICKER MAN has had an enduring fascination for audiences since its release in 1973. A unique and bone-fide horror masterpiece, brilliantly scripted by Anthony Schaffer (Sleuth, Frenzy) and featuring an astounding performance by the legendary Christopher Lee. Director Robin Hardy’s atmospheric use of location, unsettling imagery and haunting soundtrack gradually builds to one of the most terrif...

A year after the death of their father, three brothers set out on a train journey across India, in an attempt to reconcile with each other. Their experiences force them to introspect on their lives. In director Wes Anderson's The Darjeeling Limited, three estranged American brothers reunite for a meticulously planned, soul-searching train voyage across India one year after the death of their fathe...

Seven-year-old Olive Hoover (Abigail Breslin) wants to win the Little Miss Sunshine beauty pageant more than anything in the world. It's going to take the combined efforts of her dysfunctional family – and their rusted-out VW bus – to make her dream come true. When she's invited to compete, Olive and her father Richard (Greg Kinnear), mother Cheryl (Toni Collette), uncle Richard (Steve Carell), b...

The David Lynch film with the most The Wizard of Oz DNA takes us on an intoxicating, bizarrely perverse Southwestern odyssey. In it, star-crossed lovers Sailor and his girlfriend Lula flee psycho matriarch Diane Ladd (Dern’s real-life mother) leaving a trail of sex and carnage in their wake. It’s a Lynchian nightmare featuring snakeskin jackets, Elvis, a killer soundtrack and a literal fairy godm...

Step into Hitchcock’s Hollywood period with this claustrophobic masterpiece starring James Stewart and Grace Kelly. Professional photographer L.B. "Jeff" Jefferies breaks his leg while getting an action shot at an auto race. Confined to his New York apartment, he spends his time looking out of the rear window observing the neighbours. He begins to suspect that a man across the courtyard may have m...

Kôji Yakusho won Best Actor in Cannes for this heart-warming, Oscar®-nominated drama from Wim Wenders, who lends his humanist gaze to the inhabitants of his beloved Tokyo. Charged with a superb soundtrack of classic rock and pop, Perfect Days finds beauty and serenity in the most unexpected places. Hirayama lives a life of blissful contentment, spending his days balancing his job as a caretaker o...

We are very proud to present ARROW VIDEO CLUB, a new collaboration with the almighty lords of physical media Arrow Video; where we will present some of the best titles from their back catalogue on our lovely big screen! Expect a variety of cult classics, deep cuts, Arrow Video trailers and a raffle for Arrow Video blu-rays at every event! IN A BASEMENT NO ONE CAN HEAR YOU SCREAM In 2003, the sa...

Counterfire is a revolutionary socialist organisation committed to transforming our society from one based on the profit motive to one built on the needs of working people. On May 7th they will be screening Ken Loach’s landmark film Kes! Real change can only be achieved by working class people organising themselves to challenge their bosses and the government that stands behind the bosses. It de...

Join us for Manchester’s only cult film pub quiz! Every other month our own in-house quizmaster, comedian Beth Moore, writes a completely original five round quiz and it takes place in Screen One – our 100-seater cinema! That’s right, a film quiz, in a cinema! Which means you can expect multimedia rounds showcasing a range of questions from the super nerdy to accessible trivia questions for all (p...

If you’ve ever thought your dating life couldn’t get any worse, just wait until you meet the protagonist of Dead Lover. This May, we’re getting a "rom-zom-com" that is equal parts heart, guts, and... well, stink. Here’s the lowdown on the indie horror-comedy that’s about to make "till death do us part" look like a loose suggestion. Directed by and starring the fearless Grace Glowicki, Dead Lover...

We are very lucky to have Writers and Directors Hélène Cattet and Bruno Forzani at CULTPLEX for an extra special Q+A Double Bill! We will be screening the stylized, sun-drenched homage to 1970s Italian crime films and westerns 'Let the Corpses Tan' before screening their dazzling newest Eurospy feature 'Reflection in a Dead Diamond"! Every summer, Luce, an eccentric painter living in a remote Med...

We are very lucky to have Writers and Directors Hélène Cattet and Bruno Forzani at CULTPLEX for an extra special Q+A Double Bill! We will be screening the stylized, sun-drenched homage to 1970s Italian crime films and westerns 'Let the Corpses Tan' before screening their dazzling newest Eurospy feature 'Reflection in a Dead Diamond"! When the mysterious woman in the room next door disappears, a d...

The fifth in a year-long series of feature and short film screenings presented by Obscure Film at Cultplex in 2026! A very special screening of this rarely seen fantasy realist musical film directed by David Byrne, featuring a tremendous soundtrack of Talking Heads hits. David Byrne was inspired by tabloid headlines to make his sole foray into feature-film directing, an ode to the extraordinarin...

A group of homeless people living in a junkyard in New York City, ruled by a brutal ex-Vietnam vet, turn to a cheap liquor which when consumed kills them in the most gruesome of ways. Blending body horror with satirical commentary on societal decay and urban poverty. This 4k Restoration of Jim Muro’s debut is notorious for its gore and outlandish humour; a cult classic example of 80s exploitation ...